Emotional dysregulation – mood swings, including outbursts when overwhelmed

Executive dysfunction – difficulty staying organized, initiating tasks, and/or controlling impulses

Routines – need for routine and fear of unexpected change

Sensory processing disorder – over- or under-responsiveness to sensory input

Sincerity – tendency to tell the truth

Special interests – narrow and passionate areas of interest

Stimming – repetitive movements or sounds that stimulate the senses and regulate emotion and sensory processing

Double empathy problem – a theory suggesting that the communication difficulties present in autistic individuals are due to a reciprocal lack of understanding and bidirectional differences in communication style among other factors rather than an inherent deficiency